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A total of 18 players were chosen in the major league part of Rule 5. Three stuck. The rest were returned to their original team. Of the three who stuck, only KC's Brad Keller (from Arizona) has had an impact. The Yankees had 3 players selected. All were returned.

About 85-90 percent do not stick. The Padres were an outlier two years ago. Moreover, one you lose a guy, another can be pulled back. So I agree .. the Rule 5 roster crunch is overblown.

Thanks for the details. So it's definitely unnecessary to trade everyone who can't be protected from Rule 5

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Regarding Gettys : look at his splits. He has an OPS of over .800 on the road, but under .700 at home. He had a horrible April, but his Ops for each of May and June was over .800 and, as someone mentioned above, he seems to be heating up again.

What's strange about him as well is that he played for LE both in 2016 and 2017, and his numbers were better in 2016.